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 Well our friends at the Peats Ridge Festival have invited Veil back for a re-run in the Chai Temple at this years festival.

So we will be hopping to it & writing new material in the coming weeks.

check the website for a list of the main acts , we will appear in the next artists announcement.

http://www.peatsridgefestival.com.au/

well , was a fairly family friendly affair this time round but some decent sets were played & recorded via the devastating presonus 16 channel firewire digital mixer ( gotta get one).

soundcard to soundcard midi sync for the pcs proved to be much more tight than the WAC network midi sync option we had been trialling.

will post some links for midi in/out soundcards ...

some pics below & recordings will start to get uploaded in the next few days.....

below is an excerpt from the diagnostic report on the jupiter 6 repair-

I love the line- "presumably they have been knocked at some point or transported on a road case where the machine could move about" - road case ??? transported it halfway round australia wrapped in a blanket....

Hello Dale, I had another look at your machine, it's not clear why the machine locks up, but it is definitely a mechanical issue, a dry or cracked solder joint, a cracked PCB track to component lead or perhaps a broken connector or cable. All of the top panel rotary pots are loose on their internal mountings, presumably they have been knocked at some point or transported on a road case where the machine could move about. These its are no longer available, the only solution that i know is to mount new pots to the top panel and to cut down the shafts to set the correct knob height, then to connect them to the panel board with flying leads. The faulty faders will need to be removed and disassembled to clean them. There are a few other issues including a dead channel and some bad tact switches, and the backup battery needs to be replaced also.

As there are so many faults and 9 pots to be cut down and replaced along with electronic faults and possibly a failed CEM VCO chip the machine is a bit of a mess, a repair like this would likely exceed $500.00. I can't give an exact quote because the only way to find out why the controls lock up is to basically fix the problem, i.e: to trace and diagnose the problem is 95% of the repair cost. The synth may well need to be calibrated from end to end also if the power supply trim is out of spec.

To repair it to basic working condition I estimate would take between 6-8 hours  plus parts costs.

so I said - ok do it.....

well after heaps ov toil & spending of $$$ we now have a silent , off  grid 1200w power supply  ready to roll that should hopefully do around 6-8 hrs continuous . sorry no subs as they suck too much juice.

this is most of the new gear that we are purchasing for our outreach media production programs - probably left a few things out but youll get the idea-
 

hyundai I-Load diesel van 5 seat

6x macbook pro 17" quad core i7 , 8gb ram , 7200rpm 500GB HDD
3 x 2tb HDDS
mac airport xtreme wireless router

1 x yamaha 2.4kva silenced 4-stroke generator

midi controls-
6 x novation remote sl25
6 x akai mpd 32 trigger pads
1 x traktor SL4 kontrol
6 x bamboo graphics tablets

soundcards-
5 x apogee FW800 interfaces
1 x m-audio profire 2626 FW interface + 8ch preamp expansion interface

software x 6 licences
adobe cs5.5 master collection
ableton 8 suite
reason & record duo
traktor scratch pro 2 pack
logic

mixers-
1 x yamaha mg 16 cx audio mixer
1 x Rane 4 ch scratch mixer

headphones-
8 x roland headphones

3 x 2 input/4 output  behringer headphone splitters

4 x proel active D.I. boxes

powered speakers-
3 x yamaha msr 400 powered speakers
3 x speaker stands

mics-
1 x rode K2 studio condenser
2 x shure wireless mic kits
3 x rode  M1 dynamic mics
3 x Rode M3 condenser mics

monitors-
2 x KRK 8" monitors
1 x KRK sub

dj gear
2 x pioneer cdj900's
1 x pioneer DJM800 mixer
roadcase + portable stand

portable recorders-
2 x zoom H4 audio recorders
1 x zoom Q3 HDD video recorder

video mixer
roland/edirol V4

projectors-
2 x ultralite 3500 ansilumen HD/XGA projectors
2 x 2m pull up screens

digital cameras-
2 x cannon EOS digital cameras with zoom lens packs & 32gb flash memory